The Lewis A. Miller diaries - hosted by this website
The Darrtown Family Tree - hosted at this website; in conjunction with Ancestry.com
The Stephen D. Cone Biological and Historical Sketches (at archive.org)
The History and Biographical Cyclopedia of Butler County, Ohio (at archive.org).
The Centennial History of Butler County, Ohio (Indiana University project)
The Surname Index of of Miami Valley - hosted by USGenwebsites.org
The Butler County Ohio Research Help - hosted by USGenwebsites.org
The Memoirs of Miami Valley - hosted by the University of Pittsburgh
Additionally, the research related to this website has been greatly enriched by the following:
Donated items - i.e., photos, notes, newspaper items, books, maps, interviews, etc. have been especially helpful in discovering and validating Darrtown's past.
The following THREE SOURCES have been PARTICULARLY HELPFUL:
> 1. THE DARRTOWN FAMILY TREE:
The Darrtown community has its own family tree at Ancestry.com If your family now lives, or formerly lived, in or near Darrtown, and you want to learn how your family's history can become a part of this interactive project, visit the Darrtown Family Tree page.
> 2. THE L.A. MILLER DIARIES:
Our possession of the MIller diaries is a testament to the power of the Internet.
• In April 2013, Mr. Loyd Mowery of Colorado sent an email to the Darrtown webmaster and offered to donate a set of diaries written by long-time Darrtown resident, Mr. L. A. Miller. Until the moment that the email arrived, no one associated with the Darrtown.com website knew the diaries existed. Mr. Mowery donated 27 diaries that chronicle the life and times of Mr. L. A. Miller, from 1910 through 1937.
• In February 2018, Mr. Roy Yeomans, another resident of Colorado, contributed four more Miller diaries from the years 1900, 1902, 1908, and 1909.
> 3. THE STEPHEN D. CONE BIOGRAPHICAL & HISTORICAL SKETCHES
While this text is described as providing information about the city of Hamilton, Ohio, from 1792 to 1896, it also includes information about other Butler County communities, including Darrtown. Cone's book serves as a resource for those who seek information about Darrtown and vicinity. The following four persons, with connections to Darrtown, are referenced in Cone's book (the numerals, in parentheses below, represent page numbers in the Cone text).
• 1. Herbert Eugene Twitchell practiced medicine in Darrtown during the 1880's (page 226).
• 2. John W. Erwin "located" the Hamilton and Darrtown Pike, among other other roadwork projects in the Butler County area (page 304).
• 3. John Pierson, of Darrtown, lost his life in the Mexican War, while serving under Captain Ferdinand VanDerveer (page 344).
• 4. James R. Fulkerson began farming in the Darrtown area at the age of seventeen. For 12 years, he served as the superintendent of the Hamilton, Darrtown, and Fairhaven turnpike (page 415).
The digitized Google version of Cone's book includes a search feature. See: Stephen D. Cone's "Biographical and Historical Sketches - A Narrative of Hamilton and Its Residents - from 1792 to 1896"
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